Sumiko Blue Point Special EVO III Moving Coil Cartridge

Delivering an expansive soundstage rich with subtlety, Blue Point Special EVO III is an Oyster on a mission to retrieve musical information you have yet to hear from your records. Introducing our distinguished line of open-body moving coil cartridges, it offers a sense of spacial awareness you’d otherwise spend much more to achieve. Consequently it transcribes the nuance around instruments with startling realism in overall rich, textured & tonally balanced reproduction. Blue Point Special EVO III High is designed for use with MM phonostages, meaning you can achieve moving coil sonics without investing in MC preamplification.

Our Classic Oysters

Over 40 years and worldwide, our classic Oyster Series has left thousands of captivated listeners in its wake. The series is comprised of our Oyster (MM), Black Pearl (MM), Pearl (MM), Blue Point No. 2 (HOMC) & Blue Point Special EVO III (H & LOMC) — each capable of delivering a degree of refinement you have yet to hear from your turntable system. The cartridges have established themselves over decades as high-value gems that dependably out-perform listeners’ expectations for their dollar. Marked by honesty in analog reproduction, our Oyster Series remains true to what’s in the groove, impressively and convincingly voiced to bring you closer to your music.

Trade In or Trade Up

As user-replaceable styli are not on an option for moving coil phono cartridges, remember that any of our MCs, functional or otherwise, can be returned to your dealer in a re-tip exchange — a discount on the same cartridge or one model up, sparing you expense when your stylus heads south!

Hand-Crafted in Japan

From Oyster to Reference, each Sumiko phono cartridge is crafted by hand in Yokohama, Japan — near the waters where our namesake Oysters dwell. We’ve selected by ear the finest materials that combine to deliver performance that has enlightened generations of listeners. Each design is thoroughly auditioned until perfected. Production is then executed by world-class cartridge makers with a collective eye for precision & quality. The result is a full horizon of cartridges eager to introduce themselves to your analog system — we firmly believe there’s a perfect cartridge for you here.

Specifications

High Output Moving Coil

Mass & Dimension

8.3g, 17.1 x 20.5 x 28.20mm (WxHxD)

Stylus

0.3 x 0.7mil Elliptical

Cantilever

⌀0.5mm Treated Aluminum Pipe

Coils

High-Purity Copper

Internal Impedance

135Ω

Load Impedance

47kΩ

Frequency Response

12Hz – 40kHz

Output

2.5mV

Channel Separation

30dB @ 1kHz

Channel Balance

<0.5dB @ 1kHz

Compliance

12×10-6cm/dyn @ 100Hz

Capacitance

100pF – 200pF

Vertical Tracking Angle

20°

Tracking Force Range

1.8g – 2.2g

Recommended Tracking Force

2.0g

Low Output Moving Coil

Mass & Dimension

8.3g, 17.1 x 20.5 x 28.20mm (WxHxD)

Stylus

0.3 x 0.7mil Elliptical

Cantilever

⌀0.5mm Treated Aluminum Pipe

Coils

High-Purity Copper

Internal Impedance

28Ω

Load Impedance

>100Ω

Frequency Response

12Hz – 40kHz

Output

0.5mV

Channel Separation

30dB @ 1kHz

Channel Balance

<0.5dB @ 1KHz

Compliance

12×10-6cm/dyn @ 100Hz

Capacitance

100pF – 200pF

Vertical Tracking Angle

20°

Tracking Force Range

1.8g – 2.2g

Recommended Tracking Force

2.0g